MLB interleague play set to begin

The first of two yearly Major League Baseball inter-league periods is set to begin, with the American League riding a four-year winning streak.

A total of 252 games will be contested in the two periods, with the first getting under way Friday and the second running from June 13-29.

The AL recorded a 137-115 record against its National League foes last season, with a .281 batting average and 1,352 runs.

The American League's record in the past four seasons is 554-454, a .550 percentage.

At 14-4, Detroit and the LA Angels of Anaheim shared best record honors.

The overall attendance was about 7.3 percent higher than season's average intra-league attendance of 32,529.

The first match-ups in this season's inter-league schedule include Washington at Baltimore; Milwaukee at Boston; the New York Mets at the New York Yankees; the LA Dodgers at the LA Angels; and Houston at Texas.

In Friday's lone intra-league battle, Pittsburgh plays the Cubs in Chicago in a National League series.

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